
Quoting
Fredetw
Georgia
I pulled out of my office and took a left on a 4 lane street, just as I was pulling out a trackor trailer in the far lane came over into my lane. The light, about 30 yards away, turned yellow just as I straightened out on the road. Then I saw in my rear view mirror a tractor trailer coming up my bumper at about 45 MPH, so I gunned it to get away from the accident and ran through the redlight by about a second. Just as all this occurred a cop was driving on the opposite side of the road and taking a right at the intersection at the light. He saw me look at him as I ran it and I noticed him. I beleieve thsi part actually enraged the officer as he took it personally.
My court date is tomorrow, should I go sit through court and plead my case that I was proetcting myself and my property from a definite accident and thats the reason I ran the red light, or should I just pay the fine and let the cop, who had zero mercy with the sitaution, win another traffic violation.